Canoscan LIDE20 64bit driver

Anyoen been able to find a 64bit driver for this scanner. I have searched on thier site and they only have a 32bit one?

Thanks

Kwack

Go ahead and attmept to install the driver (make sure to install in Compatibility Mode for Windows Vista: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html) and cross your fingers

You could try Vuescan from Hamrick if you can't find a driver for the scanner, though the cost of the software/driver will be $40. However you could try the trial version first.

I really think its sinful that both Nikon and Canon won't/can't provide 64-bit drivers for their dedicated film scanners. (my opinion )

kwack said:

Anyoen been able to find a 64bit driver for this scanner. I have searched on thier site and they only have a 32bit one?

Thanks

Kwack

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Unfortunately I don't believe the 32bit drivers won't work on a 64 bit install. Fabe

Response from Canon - veryvery poor

I have been passed your details in regards to your support request concerning 64bit Windows 7 drivers for your LiDE 20. Unfortunately, there are not drivers available for this combination. Canon cannot guarantee the future compatibility of our products ad infinitum. We recommend that end users check for any compatibility issues prior to upgrading their system, as we cannot be held responsible for a lack of compatibility.

I am sorry that I cannot be of further assistance.

Regards,

Aaron Edgeworth
Canon UK

kwack said:

Response from Canon - veryvery poor

I have been passed your details in regards to your support request concerning 64bit Windows 7 drivers for your LiDE 20. Unfortunately, there are not drivers available for this combination. Canon cannot guarantee the future compatibility of our products ad infinitum. We recommend that end users check for any compatibility issues prior to upgrading their system, as we cannot be held responsible for a lack of compatibility.

I am sorry that I cannot be of further assistance.

Regards,

Aaron Edgeworth
Canon UK

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That's pretty much the same response Nikon gave

Fortunately I found a fix for Nikon's film scanners that I posted here - http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44994-getting-your-nikon-coolscan-work-w7-x64.html. Perhaps you could search this forum for a Canon fix. It’s where I got some of my info for the Nikon fix.

Digital Darkroom forum from Photo.net -- Scanning>Software

Good Luck

Will give it a try. I have downloaded vuescan for now. Needless to say with poor customer service like that they wont be getting my business in future.

Seriously how much extra money does it take to develop 64 bit drivers alongside 32bit ones!!!!!

kwack said:

Will give it a try. I have downloaded vuescan for now. Needless to say with poor customer service like that they wont be getting my business in future.

Seriously how much extra money does it take to develop 64 bit drivers alongside 32bit ones!!!!!

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I would think of it as demand and supply. I'm sure had it been a business type network printer (for example) they'll probably have a driver for most playforms.

In your case, if the CD that comes with it isnt compatible with the 64bit OS, and if the vendor site don't have it, then what else can u do?

True - move business elsewhere!!!

aem said:

I would think of it as demand and supply. I'm sure had it been a business type network printer (for example) they'll probably have a driver for most playforms.

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I think Nikon and Canon are doing their customers a great disservice, especially with the price of some of the dedicated film scanners running as high as 2 thousand plus dollars, my scanner (Nikon Coolscan 4000) cost me $1200!

The very least Nikon and Canon can do is provide 64-bit support for these. It's not like the 64-bit OS is some passing fad, it's here to stay!

Here's another sad fact (at least for Nikon), they still sell these scanners, in fact newer models, and STILL have no 64-bit support. That's utterly ridiculous given the price of these things and the fact that more and more customers are moving to a 64-bit OS for better memory management, which ironically, these scanners benefit from! I'd call that poor customer support!

Now, one can argue that in this day of digital photography, the need for these scanners is waning, well that could be true. However, consider this...though digital photography is relatively new, film photography has been around for years and as such, there would be a high demand for these scanners as a lot of film photographers would want to digitally archive their work. That's why these scanners are STILL selling today!

So, again, why won't/can’t Canon and Nikon support these under 64-bit?

And, it's not like it's impossible to make a driver (at least for Nikon) as I discussed here - Getting your Nikon Coolscan to work on W7 x64.

Yes, we could move our business elsewhere…but then again… we’re already stuck with the item aren’t we? Sort of like you buying new hardware/software today only to find out later that it’s no longer supported. If I could predict the future, I’d hit the lottery all the time!

Just my two cents.

Peace

Couldnt agree more...

I am going through a digital archive of myself at the moment with well over thousand photos to scan in...

Luckily Vuescan seems to work but it is going to cost me $40

I have registered on this site just to let you all know that I did solve my compatibility problem of my CanoScan Lide 20 with my OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit by using VueScan.

I know it is not a free solution, but at least is something that works.

Hello there.

I've found a solution that, at least, will work on the Pro and Ultimate versions.

First of all you have to install the Windows XP Mode. Download links and instructions here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx, or follow this great guide: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup.html.

Once finished, enter in your new "Windows XP Mode" and download / install the Lide20 Windows XP driver and the CanoScan Toolbox. Plug you scanner in, and in the USB menu on top of the XP Mode select "Attach"... if everything's OK, you scanner will work flawlessly inside XP Mode.

It's not exactly a quick process, but it's a free solution

I hope you find it useful. It may also work with other unsupported drivers.

Cheers from Spain.

fogya said:

Hello there.

I've found a solution that, at least, will work on the Pro and Ultimate versions.

First of all you have to install the Windows XP Mode. Download links and instructions here: Download Windows XP Mode, or follow this great guide: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup.html.

Once finished, enter in your new "Windows XP Mode" and download / install the Lide20 Windows XP driver and the CanoScan Toolbox. Plug you scanner in, and in the USB menu on top of the XP Mode select "Attach"... if everything's OK, you scanner will work flawlessly inside XP Mode.

It's not exactly a quick process, but it's a free solution

I hope you find it useful. It may also work with other unsupported drivers.

Cheers from Spain.

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Along those same lines, if you don't have Win7 professional or Ultimate, you can download Virtual Box, from Virtuabox.org as long as you have one of your older 32 bit OS's on hand.

I installed Virtual Box onto win7 64, installed my old windows XP pro 32bit OS into virtual box as a guest OS, then installed my LIDE 20 and printer drivers into that. Works like a charm, and you can also use any program with twain drivers, like Photoshop. I've also set-up shared folders between my host OS (win7 64 bit) and the guest OS's. I now have XP pro 32, Vista 32 and Ubuntu 64 installed as guest OS's in Virtual Box. VBox has transformed me into a virtual machine freak..it's almost borderline O.C. disorder!

Being able to bring-up any of those OS's via a few mouse clicks is pretty handy for driver issues like this as well as when people call me with a specific question about an older OS.

OBTW. Virtual Box is a free download, so there's definite bang-for-the-buck if you have a 32 bit OS on hand to install as a guest OS.

fogya said:

Hello there.

I've found a solution that, at least, will work on the Pro and Ultimate versions.

First of all you have to install the Windows XP Mode. Download links and instructions here: Download Windows XP Mode, or follow this great guide: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/8247-windows-xp-mode-install-setup.html.

Once finished, enter in your new "Windows XP Mode" and download / install the Lide20 Windows XP driver and the CanoScan Toolbox. Plug you scanner in, and in the USB menu on top of the XP Mode select "Attach"... if everything's OK, you scanner will work flawlessly inside XP Mode.

It's not exactly a quick process, but it's a free solution

I hope you find it useful. It may also work with other unsupported drivers.

Cheers from Spain.

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I faced the same problem. Solution above works perfectly.. (VMWare, VirtualBox or other visualization software will do the same.. as said in the previous comments)

But it's still pretty annoying when you are not able to use the scanner directly in Windows 7.. (Personally I was not able to get the VueScan drivers work properly) But fortunately I found a solution for this problem: Try to get RemoteScan (RemoteScan). It's like sharing your printer.. (Con: an official license is pretty expensive to buy.)

When you have installed it you can use your Canon Canoslide Lide 20 (also 30 etc.) directly in Win7 x64. The only thing you have to is startup the XPMode in background (it functions as the scanner server).

How to install:
- First follow fogya's post
- Download (buy) or try to get RemoteScan
- Install the RemoteScan Server software on the XPMode VM
- Your XPMode VM must have correct network access with your win7 pc. (That means: same workgroup name, use the correct network adapter settings etc., e.g. you must be able to see the win7 pc in "Network" with "Search for computers in your workgroup".
- Install the RemoteScan Client software on your win7 x64.

Ready. use your scanner directly in every windows 7 software. Of course you can also use another PC at home that already runs XP as the scanner server.

Greets

VueScan

Hi

I have Windows 7 64-bit too. The only solution I know about, was to buy VueScan.

It cost 35$ I think, but try the demo first - it worked for me...

Try the Win7 LIDE60 driver and force load it using the install driver/update driver.

LIDE60 driver doesn't work.

Thank You Very Much

I have a Canoscan LIDE 30 and I have no 64 bit drivers for that. The VueScan app does work but it costs £££.
The LIDE 30 is now over 8 years old (2003) and 64 OS' were not that common then. You are best off replacing the scanner with a modern one e.g. LIDE 110, 200 or later which have the latest drivers included. That is the path I will chose.